Macrumors made an interesting discover when digging into the beta version of the iPhone OS 3.0. In one of the file one can display the following capture:
It seems that the video recording function will be included in the future iPhone OS 3.0. however, it is unclear if it will be available for all iPhone models, including the previous ones, or if it will be limited to the new version to be released in June. However, it is almost sure, that the zoom function will only be supported in the future model, as previous ones did not sport a camera able to perform such operation.
60+ Free Classic Tabletop Games for the iPhone
Whether you love checkers, tic-tac-toe, or even rock-paper-scissors, there are a ton of free applications you can download for hours of classic tabletop entertainment. Browse through this list and you’re almost certain to find apps that appeal to your need to play your favorite childhood games.
New Mac Pro: 8 Cores Not Always Faster than 4
Barefeats keeps comparing the new Nehalem-based Mac Pro with previous models. So far, they concluded that 8 Core Mac Pro are faster than single Xeon-based configuration, till they run a Photoshop test. Indeed, in this last test, the 4 core single CPU Nehalem Mac Pro is always about 4% faster than the high-end Nehalem hardware. It is not only true for Photoshop, but also with iTunes. They might be several reason, and one can speculate that the high-end model spends too much time in distributing the task to the different cores. In addition, as nicely demonstrated by our friend Lloyd in his recent review of the Nehalem Mac Pro, CS4 rarely uses more than 3-4 CPU cores effectively and usually only for a short while.
In other words, it might be worse testing the single CPU model as well as the high-end with your common applications before investing into the top-notch model which might not provide the expected gain of performance, as most of your applications might not be coded to benefit from more than 2-4 cores.
In addition, unlike reported by Apple, the new single CPU Mac Pro can manage 16 GB or RAM composed of 4 GB modules.
Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro
What has two "Nehalem" Xeon processors, eight cores, a non-workstation class graphics card(?!), and a positively stratospheric sticker price? The answer is, of course, Apple's new Mac Pro tower, an aluminum-clad whale of a machine that art director Dave Girard put through its media-creation paces in this massive review.
Computerworld: Will Apple kill satellite radio?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, App Store
ComputerWorld has an interesting item this morning by Mike Elgan. It speculates about new features in the anticipated iPhone coming this summer, including an FM transmitter to send iPhone audio to a car radio. It's also thought that the new 3.0 software will enable stereo bluetooth streaming to a car suitably equipped.There's no doubt that these features might convince many to either skip satellite radio, or to not renew current contracts.
All that is bad news for Sirius/XM, but the newly merged companies have done plenty to shoot themselves. Many subscribers think the merger was badly done, and many favorite channels were killed with no notice. As an XM subscriber I experienced that first hand when no heads up was given to customers about massive channel changes until the day of the switch last fall. For a communications company, that's pretty poor communications.
With an iPhone that can stream stereo Bluetooth, services like Pandora, LastFM, AOL Radio, and Simplify Media become more mobile in the car. I'd have to think twice about renewing XM or Sirius. Although new car sales are in the dumper, a great many new vehicles are delivered with iPod adapters, giving even more impetus for users to take their own music with them rather than to be stuck with a costly, and seemingly diminishing satellite radio service.
The whole theory behind Sirius/XM was to get radio worth paying for. To a degree, the iPhone and iPod have changed that equation, because you can take your favorite music with you, either your own or music from the new streaming music services. But getting the music into your car audio system was a chore if you weren't pre-wired for it. If indeed Apple makes the integration of the iPhone into the car easier, I think satellite radio will have to re-think its business plan, a plan that is already in tatters.
How about you? Do you subscribe to Sirius/XM now? Has the economy changed your plans? Would new options to get iPhone audio on your car make you think again about that costly subscription plan?
TUAWComputerworld: Will Apple kill satellite radio? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Future iPhone to Record Video
Macrumors made an interesting discover when digging into the beta version of the iPhone OS 3.0. In one of the file one can display the following capture:
It seems that the video recording function will be included in the future iPhone OS 3.0. however, it is unclear if it will be available for all iPhone models, including the previous ones, or if it will be limited to the new version to be released in June. However, it is almost sure, that the zoom function will only be supported in the future model, as previous ones did not sport a camera able to perform such operation.
60+ Free Classic Tabletop Games for the iPhone
Whether you love checkers, tic-tac-toe, or even rock-paper-scissors, there are a ton of free applications you can download for hours of classic tabletop entertainment. Browse through this list and you’re almost certain to find apps that appeal to your need to play your favorite childhood games.
New Mac Pro: 8 Cores Not Always Faster than 4
Barefeats keeps comparing the new Nehalem-based Mac Pro with previous models. So far, they concluded that 8 Core Mac Pro are faster than single Xeon-based configuration, till they run a Photoshop test. Indeed, in this last test, the 4 core single CPU Nehalem Mac Pro is always about 4% faster than the high-end Nehalem hardware. It is not only true for Photoshop, but also with iTunes. They might be several reason, and one can speculate that the high-end model spends too much time in distributing the task to the different cores. In addition, as nicely demonstrated by our friend Lloyd in his recent review of the Nehalem Mac Pro, CS4 rarely uses more than 3-4 CPU cores effectively and usually only for a short while.
In other words, it might be worse testing the single CPU model as well as the high-end with your common applications before investing into the top-notch model which might not provide the expected gain of performance, as most of your applications might not be coded to benefit from more than 2-4 cores.
In addition, unlike reported by Apple, the new single CPU Mac Pro can manage 16 GB or RAM composed of 4 GB modules.
Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro
What has two "Nehalem" Xeon processors, eight cores, a non-workstation class graphics card(?!), and a positively stratospheric sticker price? The answer is, of course, Apple's new Mac Pro tower, an aluminum-clad whale of a machine that art director Dave Girard put through its media-creation paces in this massive review.
Computerworld: Will Apple kill satellite radio?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, App Store
ComputerWorld has an interesting item this morning by Mike Elgan. It speculates about new features in the anticipated iPhone coming this summer, including an FM transmitter to send iPhone audio to a car radio. It's also thought that the new 3.0 software will enable stereo bluetooth streaming to a car suitably equipped.There's no doubt that these features might convince many to either skip satellite radio, or to not renew current contracts.
All that is bad news for Sirius/XM, but the newly merged companies have done plenty to shoot themselves. Many subscribers think the merger was badly done, and many favorite channels were killed with no notice. As an XM subscriber I experienced that first hand when no heads up was given to customers about massive channel changes until the day of the switch last fall. For a communications company, that's pretty poor communications.
With an iPhone that can stream stereo Bluetooth, services like Pandora, LastFM, AOL Radio, and Simplify Media become more mobile in the car. I'd have to think twice about renewing XM or Sirius. Although new car sales are in the dumper, a great many new vehicles are delivered with iPod adapters, giving even more impetus for users to take their own music with them rather than to be stuck with a costly, and seemingly diminishing satellite radio service.
The whole theory behind Sirius/XM was to get radio worth paying for. To a degree, the iPhone and iPod have changed that equation, because you can take your favorite music with you, either your own or music from the new streaming music services. But getting the music into your car audio system was a chore if you weren't pre-wired for it. If indeed Apple makes the integration of the iPhone into the car easier, I think satellite radio will have to re-think its business plan, a plan that is already in tatters.
How about you? Do you subscribe to Sirius/XM now? Has the economy changed your plans? Would new options to get iPhone audio on your car make you think again about that costly subscription plan?
TUAWComputerworld: Will Apple kill satellite radio? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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